Profile: Christian Friends of Israel

The Sanders are ordained Ministers through
Christ For the Nations Bible
College, Dallas, Texas, and Charter members of the Knesset
Christian Allies Caucus. The State of Israel has awarded
them permanent residency where they live in a home they own in
Jerusalem

Their journey began in
the 1970s, when they read Hal Lindsey's apocalyptic bestseller,
"The Late Great Planet Earth," which laid out a scenario for the
end of the world according to a literal interpretation of Bible
prophecies.

"That awakened our
understanding to Israel and its prophetic role in the Last Days,"
Mr. Sanders explains in his spacious Jerusalem
office.

“As Christians, we have received from God a
love for Israel and the Jewish people. We want to bless them in the
name of the Lord. We believe the Lord Jesus is both the Messiah of
Israel and Savior of the world; however, our stand alongside Israel
is not conditional upon her acceptance of our belief. We exist to
comfort and to support the people of Israel, and to inform
Christians around the world of their Jewish roots and of God's
plans for Israel. CFI teaches the church's responsibility toward
the Jewish people, and brings awareness to the Jewish people of our
solidarity with them.”

“…an international evangelical
Christian ministry legally registered in Israel with headquarters
in Jerusalem where we operate 12 outreaches and administrate the
ministry. We also have representative offices throughout the world.
CFI represents Christians worldwide who love Israel, and desire to
express friendship and a united stand with Israel based on the
Bible. Our main objectives are to take the love of Jesus back to
the people who brought it to us. We do this through outreach
projects in Israel…”

CFI promotes and engages in a
number of missionary activities directed at Israeli Jews –
specifically new immigrants, the underprivileged, and Holocaust
survivors. They provide “home visits” to the “isolated and lonely”.
CFI has also been in the forefront of developing outreach projects
aimed at supporting the Christian “messianic” community in
Israel.

39 children aged between 3 and 12
representing 27 families, 13 congregations, 11 nationalities and 9
languages spend five days a week at school at MakorHatikva in the
centre of Jerusalem. All are from families of believers in Messiah
Yeshua who are seeking to bring up the
children to love,honour and obey Yeshua
in every aspect of their lives. Many of the children are Jewish,
but Jewish and Gentile children here are together in one
family.

"...And the most exciting part is that I am
granted an automatic permanent visa in Israel - that's right! CFI
is so highly respected by the Israeli government that I am granted
automatic visa renewals without any trouble on a permanent
status...Now I am watching my dreams unfold before me of being a
permanent missionary/volunteer in Israel...This is my highest
calling to the people of Israel... that they would know
Messiah."---- from the diary of
Erin - a Christians Friends of Israel (CFI) volunteer

Joint sponsorship of the production of the film “A Friend IN
Deed” – about General Zvi Givati, a leading Israeli pioneer of
Jewish-Christian relations who served as Israeli liaison for both
ICEJ and CFI

Conclusion:

CFI engages in direct missionary activity
which targets the Jewish community in Israel. The
organization also supports the “messianic” missionary community in
Israel. Unfortunately
the organization is legally registered in Israel and is
well-connected with the Knesset Christian Allies
Caucus.